Boyle v. City of Saginaw

The statement of facts is taken largely from the brief of counsel for defendant. Catherine Boyle, the plaintiff, brought suit against the city of Saginaw, the defendant, to recover damages for injuries she sustained on a defective sidewalk on October 29, 1898. On the trial of the case she recovered a verdict of $1,000. She was a married woman, and at the time of her injuries, *349and previous thereto, she was a healthy woman, weighing 150 pounds, who always did her own housework, and, in addition, frequently did washing by the day for other people. She supported herself by her own earnings, her…